2013 looks set to be another year when sequels and comic book movies dominate the box office. Shane Black is taking the director’s chair for Iron Man 3, which judging [...]
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Female Intuition
Mine has led me a merry dance down all sorts of pathways over the years. I would have to say that 95% of the time my female intuition is always right. I cannot substantiate why, but then I guess that would defeat the object of being intuitive lol! So what is this feeling that has [...]
How Far Would You Go For The One You Love?
How far is too far? Is there such a thing? It’s one thing following your man to the pub when he wants to watch football and you want to be seen as the ‘supportive girlfriend’. It’s another thing perhaps when he wants you to follow him to the other ends of the earth. To another [...]
Choosing a Guy
Options are always good, right? Having the free will to make informed decisions and make a choice. But how do you choose, how do you know that you have your Louis Vuitton opposed to some cheap imitation? All of my articles are built on real experiences and encounters that friends of mine have had or [...]
Love or Dependancy?
Being in love sucks, and I remember quoting to a friend recently that it makes you weak and exposed, debate how you wish! Yes, arguably there are also some benefits to being in that euphoric, can’t live without state, but I now start to question is it love or is it dependency? Have I been [...]
Girlfriend Therapy
I have lots of great friends, and two simply amazing ones Ali and Lisa. Different in so many ways, yet both 40+, sexy as hell …between them they represent my voice of reason, my karma, my quick phone fix and also my all-night procrastinating about men over a bottle of red friends. I know that [...]
Bringing Up The Baby Conversation
So you’ve been dating Mr Wonderful for 6 luxurious months. It’s all hearts and flowers and looking dreamily into his eyes over the Seabass. You think he could be the one or at the very least in the running for a long term partner. 30 is fast approaching in a few years and no-one is [...]
How Important is Money in a Man?
How much emphasis do we put on money when searching for an appropriate suitor? Is it a factor inbred into our nervous systems when looking for our prince (or pauper)? Oh none I hear you cry? Money doesn’t matter it’s the person inside and that’s all that matters you say? OK I believe you…. However there are of [...]
Time to Walk?
A positive relationship can be an enhancing source of optimism, appreciation and love, however once the honeymoon period subsides and the testing period comes into play, it can also be a breeding ground for contempt, anger, depression, anxiety and unhappiness. Whilst every relationship is unique, most people would agree that it is difficult to pinpoint the [...]
Challenging Family Relationships
One of the most frequent things that I hear when I talk to people about loving yourself first is “How do I deal with negative family members?” This is a great question. There are no absolute answers to this but I will offer my opinion on the subject. Every relationship that you have with [...]
Zero Kids and Counting…
What do you think of when you think of a 30 year old woman? Do you envision a young, sexy Cheryl Cole mantra, free, single and in 6 inch heels? Or married, mortgage a couple of kids? The truth is there is a very confusing pattern of where you should be at age 30. When [...]
What Makes Some Women Marry So Quickly?
With yet another marriage under her belt, Katie Price proves to us that she is a woman with little or no morals when it comes to getting married. Marrying former stripper Kieran Hayler after only 2 months of knowing him is proving to be the norm for ‘The Pricey’. Nothing pricey about marrying someone after [...]
How Nice is Too Nice?
Having a conversation with a friend the other day….it opened with ‘I don’t do nice -can’t handle men that put me on a pedestal’. I smiled because actually that’s true, an almost mirror reaction of my thoughts. So how nice, is nice?…. Well my friend got home from work the other evening to discover that [...]
Three Good Things on a Plate
As always there has to be some moral to my articles, and so I am not just talking about the fantastic meal that was prepared for me the other weekend taken from page 216 of the book ‘three good things on a plate’ …thank you Hugh and thank you Neil. The connotation is of course connected to [...]
Speidi vs. Relationship Norms
What is it about this celebrity couple which has got everyone talking? Are they playing a game with Big Brother? Are they playing a character for the show? Or is this how they really are with each other? Whatever it is that they are doing it at has got the nation talking. Both Heidi and [...]
How to Survive Christmas with the In-Laws
Like any good girlfriend I try to impress my boyfriend’s family as much as possible. Helping in the kitchen where need be, not swearing or smoking or drinking too much. Basically the exact opposite of how I actually live my life! The festive period is no different. If anything you have to be on better [...]
How Old is Too Old?
When I think of people in relationships that I know, then most people dating or married are both of a similar age. This is normally because people either meet in bars where alike aged people go, through friends who are normally of similar age. There’s not normally more than a 7 or 8 year age [...]
Men and Cupcakes – What a Recipe!
I remember many years ago attributing the male members of my staffroom to creatures of the animal kingdom; dependant on traits, age and mannerisms. It raised a few smiles and eyebrows; so I thought why not try again, but this time combine two of my passions together – men and cupcakes and see what recipes I [...]
Is Our Private Life Ever Really Private?
How often have you been on a night out with your girlfriends or with your man, and have woken up to your news feed covered in pictures of you from the night before? Starting the beginning of the night looking like Angelina Jolie, eyelashes pristine and clutch bag intact, fast forward a few hours outside [...]
When a Relationship Comes Between a Friendship
What’s the first rule of friendship? Never put a man before your friends. Boyfriends will come and go, true girlfriends will last forever. Girls before guys right? I remember my mother telling me as a young girl to never let a boy come in between a friendship. Making a pact all those years ago that sisterhood is where it’s at [...]
Does Age Really Matter?
After watching an ITV1 drama the other night called Leaving about an older woman and younger man relationship, I started to think …. If you are attracted to somebody, does age really matter as long as you are both consenting adults? It seems that there are certain tolerance levels, triggered by who is dating who! [...]
What if Fantasies Were Real?
I am writing this today, sitting on the London train smiling to myself innately as a thought or I suppose fantasy pops into my head. The thought that is now making the passenger opposite me look up (as I chuckle obviously enough to be heard) revolves around the subject of fantasies and how dangerous yet exciting [...]
What is Considered Cheating?
The definition of infidelity (according to Wikipedia) Infidelity (colloquially known as cheating, adultery, or having an affair) most commonly refers to a breach of an expectation of sexual and or emotional exclusivity expressed or implied in an intimate relationship. So the definition states that to cheat is to have an affair whether it be emotional or sexual within an intimate [...]
Separate Togetherness
Hmmmmm! I thought it was about time to discuss and analyse the concept of separate-togetherness. Either you want to be with somebody in a relationship, or you don’t! If only life was black and white with no fifty shades in between. So, how much togetherness do you share? Every other night, weekends, when diaries have been [...]
Being Single Is Not A Compromise!
My friend came round for Sunday morning coffee last week (too early for cocktails, however you could argue that it is never too early for a Mojito). As we sat in the garden putting the world to rights, bitching about men and discussing how insecure and totally dependent some are, and how draining some relationships [...]
Birthday Expectations
Today is my birthday but what is it about a birthday that brings out the diva in us girls? It’s all about me, me, me for 24 hours, the world is mine and I shall do with it whatever I choose (or tell you to do). It’s like our inner Veruca Salt (the dreadful spoilt [...]
Is Poetry the Real Food of Love?
Isn’t it funny how different buttons pressed at the right time can trigger the most imaginative and erotic experiences? Recently I was introduced to the Iranian poet, Rumi, and up until that point my encounters of this nature extended only to English Romantics. I will always remember my interpretation of ‘Ode to a Grecian Urn’ [...]
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Private Members Club – The Do’s and Dont’s for Your Night Out
There is a price to pay for partying in exclusive surroundings, but that price is not always monetary. It is more the case that you are out and about on [...]
Style
Window Design Ideas
What hangs at the windows can make a huge difference to the look of a room – so which is best: curtains, blinds or shutters?
It really rather depends on what [...]
Relationships
The Single’s Guide to Valentines Day – Duck vs. Swan
Another Valentine’s day has come and gone. Being single, it’s always interesting to note what such a day brings up for me and my single friends. For many, they will get to consider whether they [...]
